Salvia glechomifolia
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Salvia glechomifolia is a herbaceous perennial native to central Mexico at elevations ranging from 7,500-10,500 ft. Glechomifolia means "with foliage like glechoma
", which is a genus of creeping and stoloniferous plants in the mint family.
Salvia glechomifolia is a creeping perennial which makes an airy colony of yellow-green upright and sparse foliage. The leaves reflect light, grow on short stems from 1.5-2 ft, and appear to grow in widely spaced whorls. The plant flowers lightly all summer with long blue-violet flowers that have two prominent white lines leading to the nectar. The 1 in flowers grow in unevenly spaced whorls, typically with less than 12 flowers in each whorl, giving the overall effect of daintiness.
Glechoma
Glechoma is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the mint family.It is native to much of Europe and Asia. The stems root at the nodes, often forming extensive mats ot coarsely toothed, rounded or broadly oval, soft hairy leaves. The ascending shoots bear pairs of small, tubular, 2-lipped...
", which is a genus of creeping and stoloniferous plants in the mint family.
Salvia glechomifolia is a creeping perennial which makes an airy colony of yellow-green upright and sparse foliage. The leaves reflect light, grow on short stems from 1.5-2 ft, and appear to grow in widely spaced whorls. The plant flowers lightly all summer with long blue-violet flowers that have two prominent white lines leading to the nectar. The 1 in flowers grow in unevenly spaced whorls, typically with less than 12 flowers in each whorl, giving the overall effect of daintiness.